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More detailed docs on creating ofxstatement plugins
author | Andrey Lebedev <andrey@lebedev.lt> |
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15 Users of ofxstatement have developed several plugins for their banks. They are | 15 Users of ofxstatement have developed several plugins for their banks. They are |
16 listed on main `ofxstatement`_ site. If your bank is missing, you can develop | 16 listed on main `ofxstatement`_ site. If your bank is missing, you can develop |
17 your own plugin. | 17 your own plugin. |
18 | |
19 Setting up development environment | |
20 ================================== | |
21 | |
22 It is recommended to use ``virtualenv`` make a clean development environment. | |
23 Setting up dev environment for writing a plugin is easy:: | |
24 | |
25 $ git clone https://github.com/kedder/ofxstatement-sample ofxstatement- yourbank | |
26 $ cd ofxstatement-yourbank | |
27 $ virtualenv -p python3 --no-site-packages .venv | |
28 $ . .venv/bin/activate | |
29 (.venv)$ python setup.py develop | |
30 | |
31 This will download all the dependencies and install them into your virtual | |
32 environment. After this, you should be able to do:: | |
33 | |
34 (.venv)$ ofxstatement list-plugins | |
35 The following plugins are available: | |
36 | |
37 sample Sample plugin (for developers only) | |
38 | |
39 | |
40 | |
41 Your own plugin | |
42 =============== | |
43 | |
44 To create your own plugin, follow these steps: | |
45 | |
46 * Edit ``setup.py`` and provide relevant metadata for your plugin. Pay | |
47 close attention to ``entry_points`` parameter to ``setup`` function: it | |
48 lists plugins you are registering within ofxstatement. Give meaningful | |
49 name to the plugin and provide plugin class name | |
50 * Replace contents of ``README.rst`` with description of your plugin | |
51 * Rename ``ofxstatement/plugins/sample.py`` to match plugin package name | |
52 you have provided in ``entry_points`` parameter. | |
53 * Open renamed sample.py and rename ``SamplePlugin`` and ``SampleParser`` | |
54 classes to match your plugin class name. | |
55 * Now, draw the rest of the owl (c). | |
56 | |
57 .. _ofxstatement-sample: https://github.com/kedder/ofxstatement-sample | |
58 | |
59 Your ``StatementParser`` is the main object that does all the hard work. It | |
60 has only one public method: ``parse()``, that should return | |
61 ``ofxstatement.statement.Statement`` object, filled with data from given input. | |
62 The default implementation, however, splits this work into two parts: | |
63 ``split_records()`` to split the whole file into logical parts, e.g. | |
64 transaction records, and ``parse_record()`` to extract information from | |
65 individual record. See ``src/ofxstatement/parser.py`` for details. If your | |
66 statement' format looks like CSV file, you might find ``CsvStatementParser`` | |
67 class useful: it simplifies mapping bettween CSV columns and ``StatementLine`` | |
68 attributes. | |
69 | |
70 ``Plugin`` interface consists only of ``get_parser()`` method, that returns | |
71 configured StatementParser object for given input filename. Docstrings on | |
72 Plugin class is also useful for describing the purpose of your plugin. First | |
73 line of it is visible in ``ofxstatement list-plugins`` output. | |
74 | |
75 Testing | |
76 ======= | |
77 | |
78 Test your code as you would do with any other project. To make sure | |
79 ofxstatement is still able to load your plugin, run:: | |
80 | |
81 (.venv)$ ofxstatement list-plugins | |
82 | |
83 You should be able to see your plugin listed. | |
84 | |
85 After you are done | |
86 ================== | |
87 | |
88 After your plugin is ready, feel free to open an issue on `ofxstatement`_ | |
89 project to include your plugin in "known plugin list". That would hopefully | |
90 make life of other clients of your bank easier. |